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[[t]ti[/t]]n. pl. tismad the musical syllable used for the seventh tone of the ascending diatonic scale•Etymology: 1835–45; substituted for si to avoid confusion with the sharp of sol. See gamut IIti[[t]ti[/t]] n. pl. tispln any of various Australasian trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline, of the agave family•Etymology: 1830–40; < Polynesian; cf. Maori, Samoanti
From formal English to slang. 2014.